The Saudi businessman, heading a large delegation, and the leader of Djibouti have, during this meeting, initialled a memorandum of understanding for the initial construction of the largest bridge in the world and a city economic in the region of Bab el-Mandeb.

Following the signing of the project, the CEO of the investment company Middle East Development Corporation has invited the leader of Djibouti and several of his government at a meeting of projection on the various stages of this futuristic structure with an estimated value more than 70 billion.

As explained by Tarek Mohamed bin Laden, the Yemeni-djibouto bridge, which will be 28.5 km long "serve as a link between Africa and the Middle East".

The first phase of this project would be to "build a bridge of 3.5 miles to the Yemeni island of Perim and another 4 miles to the Bab al-Mandeb (the gates of hell); Djibouti strait between Yemen.

As for the second phase, it will focus on "building a bridge to Djibouti 21.5 km (13 km by 8 km suspension and laid on pylons sunk at sea)."

For Tarek Ben Laden, "This project is complementary to the port of Doraleh." To the question of whether seismic activity, very high in the region, was not a threat to the project, the wealthy Saudi promoter replied that "in Japan long ago that the question no longer arises" , adding that "the construction of various infrastructures will follow the anti-seismic standards."

"With an area of 600 km2, a new town called" Noor al Madina "(City of Light) will also be erected to the north of Djibouti, across the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb," he said.

Apart from the introduction of a series of tourist infrastructure, industrial and economically, this city will serve including free-trade zone and a zone of activities offshore for all kinds of trade between the continents of Africa and Asian.

The Saudi businessman has also said that his company will carry out a comprehensive plan of this huge project "within a month", before specifying that the construction of the new city "will begin during the year 2008. "

He finally stressed that the project of building the city "Noor al Madina" provides job opportunities for 100,000 people.

Based in Dubai, the investment company Middle East Development Corporation, as part of this project, entrusted the work relating to the planning, construction and management of the bridge from Djibouti and Yemen to an American company based in California

 

Source: ADI

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